Every child deserves a great teacher. Yet students in urban districts often receive the least effective and least experienced teachers available.  

Urban Teachers is changing the equation in urban education, offering high-need schools a supply of effective teachers who are ready to make a difference in students’ lives and are committed to a career in teaching. 

Urban Teachers, formerly named Urban Teacher Center, was founded in 2009 to solve a critical challenge in urban education: new teacher quality.

We built a break-the-mold teacher preparation program from the ground up to ensure every teacher would get the experiences and support they need to produce results with students.

We began in two of the highest-need districts in the nation: Baltimore, DC and Dallas/Fort Worth. Since 2010, we’ve welcomed more than 680 aspiring teachers for district and charter schools in both cities. Soon, we will expand to additional cities.

Urban Teachers will continue to provide urban students with the high-quality education they deserve by preparing a great teacher, every time.